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VOLUME 52, ISSUE 78 BBBwngwmwiJUiiiiiiiiiinriiiBmi n nnmnnnfionoixwoBw 1 " " ' " " " ' 1 Signpost I , Joe Kelsey is chucking that javelin. P-7 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH J, Union Building market v - . :: : . n - j f. . -, . V --.-w" - . s -w . - ' . 1 I " . " " . ' i ' . -y r " 1. - CHUCK BOWHAYTHf SIGNPOST WARES OF ALL SORTS, including these psychedelic T-shirts, were available Thursday afternoon in the Union Building. Thompson reads banned book for human rights WSU President reads an excerpt from Huckleberry Finn in Union Building lobby By LAURIE M. WIRTH News editor of The Signpost As part of week-long readings from banned books, President Paul H. Thompson read from 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" to the few students in attendance in the Union Building lobby yesterday.The passages he read would be considered offensive in some communities today because of the use of the word "nigger," Thompson said. "It isn't appropriate to ban a book that would help us learn about our history," Thompson said. From 8:20 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday, this week, various WSU faculty read from books banned in various states, counties or school districts in the country. In cooperation with the Literacy Center, Steven Petrick-Underwood, former president of the WSU chapter of Amnesty International, said this is the third year Weber7 s AI has organized the readings. "Usually Amnesty doesn't focus on domestic issues," Petrick-Underwood said. But he said they are trying to decrease people's "narrow-mindedness." Sometimes religious or conservative people find some books offensive or don't agree with the book and therefore have it banned, he said. 'They usually have good intentions, like trying topreserve the morals of their children." Several more notorious books or plays that have been banned include "McBeth" by Shakespeare and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Petrick-Underwood said. "McBeth" has been banned by some communities partially because the play talks of witches, and "Snow White" because the wicked queen ate the heart out of one of the characters. Other notorious books include many Judy Blume books, "DonQuixote," "Oliver Twist," "A Wrinkle in Time," "Grendel," (banned in some Utah school systems) "Lord of the Flies," some Steven King books, 'The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe," and "Huckleberry Finn," said Heather Rupright, coordinator for the week's ""adings and AI member. Rup..ght said a list of banned books was partially compiled from yearly publications of People for the American Way. Faculty members who read from banned books this week chose what they wanted to read from the list. Sometimes only portions of books are banned, Rupright said. "People seemed to be interested and some were pretty surprised about books that were banned," she said. Cheng speaks of life, human rights POLITICAL PRISIONER: Nien Cheng speaks during Convocations about her life and the six and a half years inside a Chinese prision for a crime she didn't commit. By MICHELLE L. BRAUER Staff writer of The Signpost Nien Cheng, a political prisoner for six and a half years in the People's Republic of China, spoke to Weber State students about her life in honor of Human Rights Week during Thursday's Convocations. In 1966, at the beginning of China's Cultural Revolution, Cheng was placed under house arrest because Mao Tse-tung's Red Guard believed she was a foreign spy. Cheng had foreign connections because she attended an American university in Shanghai and the London School of Economics. Also, Cheng was working for Shell Oil in China. At this time, China was isolated from the world and people with any foreign contacts were believed to be spies. During her house arrest, Cheng's daughter was allowed to live at the house, but no communication was allowed between the two. Cheng was allowed to walk in her garden for exercise, and occasionally her daughter would throw a crumpled note from the window for her mother to pick up while walking. "Those messages represented the very lastcontactlhad with my daughter," Cheng said. On Sept. 26, 1966 Cheng was taken to a . detention house forpolitical prisoners. She was constantly beaten by the guards to force her fake confession of being a spy. "Being a Christian, I turned to God," Cheng said. Cheng spent more than six years in solitary confinement in prison. Her diet consisted of boiled cabbage and rice. Once a week, prisoners received a small piece of (See CHENG on page 2) Friday, May 22 Accu-Wcther forecast for daytime condi lions and high temperatures l0AHO &n S Ogden 75" efmk i ill k yvi kk k) j salt Lake City 75 I Provo I 76 I tk k s ? ' 1 I k k k v NEV. COLO. V l VWW V V I Ceda r City Vw fk )-r ARIZ. NM Hunger banquet serves humility, understanding By J. STANLEY HOWARD Asst. news editor of The Signpost About 70 people attended WSU's third annual Human Rights Week Hunger Banquet, sponsored by Amnesty International, to take their chanceson a First-World-mcal and listen to a Yugoslavdissident Wednesday evening. Banquet attenders paid S5, then drew slips of colored paper from a basket. Only eigh t people d row tan-colored slips of paper a First-World-meal. These people got to sit at tables and were served a fine meal of salad, bread, pasta, chicken, carrots, sparkling cider to drink, and pie for desert, donated by local restaurants and grocery stores. Everyone else had to stand in line for rice and beans, a Third-World-meaL and had to sit on the floor and drink water or coffee. Feople who drew yellow slips of paper got a Second-World-meal, the same as a Third-World-mcal, but with the addition of a tiny portion of lamb and chicken. Amber Thompson, presidentof the WSU chapter of Amnesty International, said the main purpose of the banquet was to make people aware of conditions in other countries, not to raise money. The money that was raised will help support the WSU chapter's letter-writing endeavors which encourage government (See BANQUET on page 2) AO ill dM Stewrs r-ymi Rain Hurries Snow Ice Svnny Pt. CloiKty Cicudy INSIDE ARTS: Rap's Ice-T goes heavy metal to form a dangerous combination with Body Count. SPORTS: What will happen with the Jazz? Signpost Sovereen gives his opinion from the Sidelines. p. 5 p. 8 C1BB2 Mxu-Wsarvi. Inc

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VOLUME 52, ISSUE 78 BBBwngwmwiJUiiiiiiiiiinriiiBmi n nnmnnnfionoixwoBw 1 " " ' " " " ' 1 Signpost I , Joe Kelsey is chucking that javelin. P-7 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH J, Union Building market v - . :: : . n - j f. . -, . V --.-w" - . s -w . - ' . 1 I " . " " . ' i ' . -y r " 1. - CHUCK BOWHAYTHf SIGNPOST WARES OF ALL SORTS, including these psychedelic T-shirts, were available Thursday afternoon in the Union Building. Thompson reads banned book for human rights WSU President reads an excerpt from Huckleberry Finn in Union Building lobby By LAURIE M. WIRTH News editor of The Signpost As part of week-long readings from banned books, President Paul H. Thompson read from 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" to the few students in attendance in the Union Building lobby yesterday.The passages he read would be considered offensive in some communities today because of the use of the word "nigger," Thompson said. "It isn't appropriate to ban a book that would help us learn about our history," Thompson said. From 8:20 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday, this week, various WSU faculty read from books banned in various states, counties or school districts in the country. In cooperation with the Literacy Center, Steven Petrick-Underwood, former president of the WSU chapter of Amnesty International, said this is the third year Weber7 s AI has organized the readings. "Usually Amnesty doesn't focus on domestic issues," Petrick-Underwood said. But he said they are trying to decrease people's "narrow-mindedness." Sometimes religious or conservative people find some books offensive or don't agree with the book and therefore have it banned, he said. 'They usually have good intentions, like trying topreserve the morals of their children." Several more notorious books or plays that have been banned include "McBeth" by Shakespeare and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Petrick-Underwood said. "McBeth" has been banned by some communities partially because the play talks of witches, and "Snow White" because the wicked queen ate the heart out of one of the characters. Other notorious books include many Judy Blume books, "DonQuixote," "Oliver Twist," "A Wrinkle in Time," "Grendel," (banned in some Utah school systems) "Lord of the Flies," some Steven King books, 'The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe," and "Huckleberry Finn," said Heather Rupright, coordinator for the week's ""adings and AI member. Rup..ght said a list of banned books was partially compiled from yearly publications of People for the American Way. Faculty members who read from banned books this week chose what they wanted to read from the list. Sometimes only portions of books are banned, Rupright said. "People seemed to be interested and some were pretty surprised about books that were banned," she said. Cheng speaks of life, human rights POLITICAL PRISIONER: Nien Cheng speaks during Convocations about her life and the six and a half years inside a Chinese prision for a crime she didn't commit. By MICHELLE L. BRAUER Staff writer of The Signpost Nien Cheng, a political prisoner for six and a half years in the People's Republic of China, spoke to Weber State students about her life in honor of Human Rights Week during Thursday's Convocations. In 1966, at the beginning of China's Cultural Revolution, Cheng was placed under house arrest because Mao Tse-tung's Red Guard believed she was a foreign spy. Cheng had foreign connections because she attended an American university in Shanghai and the London School of Economics. Also, Cheng was working for Shell Oil in China. At this time, China was isolated from the world and people with any foreign contacts were believed to be spies. During her house arrest, Cheng's daughter was allowed to live at the house, but no communication was allowed between the two. Cheng was allowed to walk in her garden for exercise, and occasionally her daughter would throw a crumpled note from the window for her mother to pick up while walking. "Those messages represented the very lastcontactlhad with my daughter," Cheng said. On Sept. 26, 1966 Cheng was taken to a . detention house forpolitical prisoners. She was constantly beaten by the guards to force her fake confession of being a spy. "Being a Christian, I turned to God," Cheng said. Cheng spent more than six years in solitary confinement in prison. Her diet consisted of boiled cabbage and rice. Once a week, prisoners received a small piece of (See CHENG on page 2) Friday, May 22 Accu-Wcther forecast for daytime condi lions and high temperatures l0AHO &n S Ogden 75" efmk i ill k yvi kk k) j salt Lake City 75 I Provo I 76 I tk k s ? ' 1 I k k k v NEV. COLO. V l VWW V V I Ceda r City Vw fk )-r ARIZ. NM Hunger banquet serves humility, understanding By J. STANLEY HOWARD Asst. news editor of The Signpost About 70 people attended WSU's third annual Human Rights Week Hunger Banquet, sponsored by Amnesty International, to take their chanceson a First-World-mcal and listen to a Yugoslavdissident Wednesday evening. Banquet attenders paid S5, then drew slips of colored paper from a basket. Only eigh t people d row tan-colored slips of paper a First-World-meal. These people got to sit at tables and were served a fine meal of salad, bread, pasta, chicken, carrots, sparkling cider to drink, and pie for desert, donated by local restaurants and grocery stores. Everyone else had to stand in line for rice and beans, a Third-World-meaL and had to sit on the floor and drink water or coffee. Feople who drew yellow slips of paper got a Second-World-meal, the same as a Third-World-mcal, but with the addition of a tiny portion of lamb and chicken. Amber Thompson, presidentof the WSU chapter of Amnesty International, said the main purpose of the banquet was to make people aware of conditions in other countries, not to raise money. The money that was raised will help support the WSU chapter's letter-writing endeavors which encourage government (See BANQUET on page 2) AO ill dM Stewrs r-ymi Rain Hurries Snow Ice Svnny Pt. CloiKty Cicudy INSIDE ARTS: Rap's Ice-T goes heavy metal to form a dangerous combination with Body Count. SPORTS: What will happen with the Jazz? Signpost Sovereen gives his opinion from the Sidelines. p. 5 p. 8 C1BB2 Mxu-Wsarvi. Inc